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286 Chapter 284: Breaking the door

"Beep~~~~" The huge electronic buzzer rushed into Henson's ears, making him tremble suddenly.

The Chinese coach looked up at the big screen at the scene, 56 to 49, the Warriors led by 7 points.Except for the wave of 8-0 at the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers returned to the suppressed state.Mark Jackson's elevator doors made Henson suffer.Of course, the most terrifying thing is that Stevens and Henson haven't figured out a way to crack this tactic.

Fortunately, due to the lack of Curry and Thompson in the subsequent rotation time, the Warriors did not continue to hit the damn elevator door. Coupled with the brave performance of Green and Ray Allen, the Pacers approached the score to single digits.

Once upon a time, people said that no team could win a game by shooting.As a result, in 2011, under the leadership of Nowitzki, the Mavericks used efficient mid-range shots to kill the Heat's Big Three.

And now, Mark Jackson is planning to shoot people to death with three-pointers!The sport of basketball is changing subtly.

After halftime, Henson walked straight back to the locker room. He was not in the mood to talk much in front of the reporters today.If you can't crack Mark Jackson's elevator door, it is impossible for the Pacers to get out of the Bay Area today.

You can expect most players in the league to have inconsistent three-point shooting, but don't put that idea on Curry and Thompson, who have proven their hands.

After returning to the locker room, the players were out of breath.This may be the most passive game the Pacers have played so far this season.Everyone worked really hard, but just couldn't bring the momentum back.In the first 5 minutes of the timeout, Henson did not explain any tactics.He had a heated discussion with Stevens and Vogel. The three coaches must combine their thinking during the game to find a way to crack the tactics within 5 minutes.

Why 5 minutes?Because Henson has to spend 10 minutes to let his players understand what to do when they play later!

"This game was too intense, and the offenses of both sides kept coming and going. The Pacers took the lead at the beginning of the second quarter, and the Warriors took control of the rhythm in the middle. When the rotation time came, the Pacers gradually caught up. God, this game is really a surprise. No one expected it to be so wonderful." Weber stared at the court with endless interest, wanting to see which side will take the lead in the second half.

The intermission time is actually not long. Fans usually choose to go to the toilet, buy food, and watch live performances during this time period.

But for a wonderful game, even if the game is interrupted for 1 minute, it is extremely long.Everyone waited a little impatiently, and finally 3 minutes before the start of the game, the players from both sides reappeared!

"Coach Henson is very serious today. Obviously, Coach Mark Jackson has studied the Pacers a lot. His peculiar pick-and-roll tactics made the Pacers' impregnable defense unable to withstand it." The camera showed Henson, and Van Gundy saw Henson frown for the first time this season.Perhaps during the period of Xiao Hua's suspension, Henson was never so worried.

"I don't know if it will work." Stevens stood on the sidelines, and the three coaches had just agreed on a strategy for the second half of the game.However, everything is still at the theoretical stage.

"I'll find out later. I think it's [-]% possible." Henson turned his head and looked at Mark Jackson. As expected, he is the fourth point guard in the history of the NBA in assists. His basketball IQ is really good.

But Henson has always believed in one sentence: "In this world, no one has any perfect tactics!"

The game restarted, and both Webber and Van Gundy were looking forward to seeing what strange substitution decisions Henson made.However, the second-half start was exactly the same as the second quarter.Paul, George, Leonard, West and Horford, Henson does not intend to disrupt the Warriors' rhythm with strange substitutions today.

Because if the tactics don't work, it's useless to replace anyone.

In the second half, the Warriors did not hit the elevator door as soon as they came up, but first played an ordinary low-post attack in an attempt to let David Lee open up the second battle.Henson smiled slightly. Does Mark Jackson's doing so prove that the arrangement just now will work?

But it's a pity that David West's iron-blooded defense didn't let David Lee take advantage.The defensive David beat the offensive David, and the Warriors failed on the first down.

"Look, except for the elevator door, the Warriors have no way to score against us." Henson said, standing up again, he wanted to seize the momentum of the counterattack from the first second!
After the offense passed, the Pacers no longer followed the set of space-point-shooting, but directly created opportunities to break through singles.The frame protection ability of Ezeli and David Lee is not enough to silence the Pacers' multiple offensive points!
Leonard squeezed away Harrison Barnes along the baseline and broke through the basket. Facing Ezeli's supplementary defense, Leonard made a layup with a pole.Leonard this season is no longer labeled as "can't score".However, Henson is very clear that he has not fully released Leonard's scoring potential, otherwise many people will be surprised.

"Break through more and hit the inside to increase the success rate, create fouls, and don't compete with them for three-pointers. Then, control the offensive rebounds and try to get a second chance to attack."

This is the offensive strategy that Henson formulated at halftime, and the players executed it very faithfully as soon as they came up.But Henson is very clear that the offensive strategy is only auxiliary.If I really want to win, I still have to see if the elevator door can "blast" successfully!
The point difference narrowed to 5 points, and Curry advanced with the ball.Mark Jackson gestured to Curry a few times, and Curry used the same gesture to pass on the message to each of his teammates.

There is a high probability that they are going to hit the elevator door!
But this time, Curry was entangled by Paul just after halftime!Not only Curry, all five Warriors were pressed close to each other, even off-ball points were closely guarded!
"Halftime press!" Van Gundy yelled. Such a strategy can indeed contain the running and shooting, but it can't contain the breakthrough.

But Henson is not worried about the Warriors' breakthrough at all. If both teams play two points and two points, Henson is confident that his team will be more efficient, and the Warriors can't grind their own!

To defend against the Warriors, one must defend against their shots!

Despite the tough press, the Warriors still plan to make the elevator door.But under such circumstances, the complex tactics of the elevator door are not so easy to take shape.

"The more complex tactics, the lower the success rate." This sentence seems like nonsense, but how to arrange the proportion of simple tactics and complex tactics is a science.

It is not a good thing that Mark Jackson relies too much on complex tactics such as elevator doors.

David Lee was entangled by the old-fashioned West, and the pick-and-roll was not in place in time, resulting in half of the elevator doors missing.How can you close the door with less than half of it?

So when Curry came out to catch the ball, Paul was still with him, and the elevator door failed!

"Stephen Curry made a shot, but Paul's block was perfect! The shot was solid, and the Warriors failed for the second consecutive round!"

Leonard sprints into the paint, grabs a defensive rebound, and hits back quickly!Another disadvantage of the elevator door tactic is that it almost gives up the offensive rebound!However, allowing the Pacers to take the defensive rebound so easily, the players under Henson will not show mercy in the counterattack!

Knowing that the Warriors couldn't get the rebound, George and Paul started sprinting up the court the moment Curry missed a shot.After Leonard took the rebound, he immediately advanced with the ball, and his speed was immediately increased.

Paul and George are the two players with the highest scoring average of the Pacers this season, and they are undoubtedly the two most offensive threats to the Pacers.So his two runs attracted the Warriors' defensive attention.On the other hand, Leonard strode through the crowd, used a change of direction to avoid Thompson who was coming to help defend, and then dunked with one hand, scoring a quick break!

"Three points! Just like in the second quarter, the Pacers started to fight back!" Webb spat into the microphone.

This time, however, the Pacers were different in the second quarter.This time, Henson didn't intend to let Mark Jackson bring the situation back!

Because the elevator door tactics are too complicated, as long as they are not allowed to run out, the tactics can be destroyed, and once destroyed, it is almost impossible to reorganize.When the elevator door tactic was broken, the Warriors' offense almost stagnated.Mark Jackson also knew this shortcoming, so he never used the elevator door as a regular tactic, and just now he tried to let David Lee open the situation inside.

However, today when the tactics of the regular season didn't work and David Lee couldn't open it, Mark Jackson could only use the elevator door to smash Henson.

In the second quarter, Mark Jackson did succeed, he won the bet.But in an NBA game, it takes four quarters!

"Don't let go, continue to increase the intensity, fucking increase the intensity!" Henson waved his hands and shouted from the sidelines, speaking dirty without hesitation.The referees have long been used to it. If Henson's conversation suddenly becomes civilized, they will not be used to it.

And Henson's yelling also made the adrenaline of the Pacers players soar!What a damn elevator door, nothing works in front of the defending champion!

This time, Leonard gave Barnes strength in advance and almost let Barnes drop the ball.As a result, after Curry was in place, Barnes failed to send the "ammunition" there in the first place!The elevator door tactic failed for the second time in a row, and Barnes stood bewildered beyond the three-point line, not knowing what to do with the ball for a while.

The young "North Carolina Eagle" doesn't know yet, but in front of this taciturn No. 2, he must not hesitate.Because if you hesitate, the ball will be gone.

Leonard seized the right moment and stretched out his long arms, stabbing the basketball away from Barnes!Don't look at Leonard as a striker, but his stealing speed and accuracy are not inferior to guards.

"Quick Leonard, another steal, this guy's defense is terrible!"

Barnes immediately turned back to save the ball, but it was Leonard's long arm that took the lead to control the basketball.

Barnes fell to the ground, clinging to a cloud of air.Leonard, on the other hand, took advantage of the trend to accelerate, and there was no one in front of him, a fast break opportunity brought by a mistake!

With dunks with both hands, Leonard scored again!At this time, there was no sound in the Oakland Arena, and the defending champion did not lose the chain again!
Henson jumped up excitedly, then high-fived Stevens and Vogel!Three cobblers, no matter what, you, Mark Jackson, are worth a Zhuge Liang!What's more, Henson, Stevens and Vogel are not as simple as cobblers.

Elevator door, successfully blasted!

Mark Jackson held his forehead and looked helplessly at Henson who was celebrating excitedly.He didn't expect that Henson would find a way to crack the elevator door so quickly.

No wonder, Henson Joe can make the Pacers rise so quickly in such a short period of time
(End of this chapter)